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Hotel Chadstone Melbourne is a new five-star hotel by @dwp_design and @BatesSmart that puts fashion – and sustainability – first. ow.ly/gj0m50xQGnA

Delighted to welcome @thehappycity’s Charles Montgomery to Sydney for a workshop co hosted by @BatesSmart & @Ethos_Urban to help us all understand how we can make our cities happier and healthier.

#25King received a gold award in the Architectural Design category at the @GoodDesignAus awards. Congratulations to our design partners @BatesSmart and @LendleaseGroup DesignMake for this accolade. Read more about the project bit.ly/2s3o9gm. #gooddesign #timber

"Wellness is a good place to start" Rob Adams @cityofmelbourne argues is not beyond the realm of possibility to design cities in a way that improves wellness - "we can design communities that enable us to walk and do our exercise going to work" #nlainternational

@LordMayorMelb Sally Capp ‘our focus is on inclusionary prosperity - the challenge for us @cityofmelbourne is how do we bring jobs and homes together.’ #NLAinternational @nlalondon #liveability

Selina Mason, Director @lendleaseuk “There’s an absence of the personal experience of place in the liveability metrics -an absence of happiness measures.” #NLAinternational #batessmart

Rob Adams @cityofmelbourne on ‘Urban Choreography...our challenge is to now implement these measures at the metro level....’ @BatesSmart #NLAInternational #authenticity @nlalondon

Selina Mason @Lendleaseuk Metrics on liveability are very top down. We need to focus on metrics that aren’t about consumption and growth. Melbourne getting it right in making places better for people to live in. @nlalondon #NLAInternational #batessmart #liveability

Rob Adams, Director of City Design and Projects @cityofmelbourne, tunes in from Melbourne to talk transformation of the city "from grey to green" for a sustainable future, with a focus on public realm: “Design a good street and you design a good city” #NLAinternational

Rob Adam @cityofmelbourne Grey to Green strategy- over 80 hectares of paved space converted to green space in #Melbourne. The challenge now is at the metro level #liveability #NLAInternational @BatesSmart

Debbie Jackson @LDN_gov "In the context of ‘Good Growth’ and the draft London plan, there is a need to recognise the role design plays in improving liveability in an ever-denser city: design as a tool, process and outcome to improve the lives of all Londoners #NLAinternational

Some key areas the city is investing in: Jobs - as Melbourne's economy transitions to knowledge economy, Transport: "public transport is the most equitable way to connect people and opportunities" Open Spaces: "where values/beliefs are formed" & affordable homes @SallyCapp_

Rob Adams @cityofmelbourne on Urban choreography ‘good city strategy needs a bit of disorder and informality about it...and coffee as the secret weapon’ @BatesSmart #NLAInternational #authenticity @nlalondon

Lord Mayor of Melbourne @SallyCapp_ shares some of the factors that make the Australian city rank so high as one of the world's most liveable cities as well as the city's ambition to ensure it maintains this status #NLAinternational

@LordMayorMelb Sally Capp kicks off the Melbourne - London exchange on liveability hosted by @nlalondon #NLAInternational @BatesSmart

London meets Melbourne in an international dialogue this morning with the @nlalondon and @BatesSmart, to discuss what makes a ‘liveable’ city and the complex challenges we face when creating opportunities for growth.

What makes a city liveable? We are hosting an event in #Melbourne tonight to discuss this perennial subject. @LordMayorMelb Sally Capp will be joined by @cgrealy2 Claire Grealy @UrbisAustralia and Rob Adam from @cityofmelbourne talking live with the @nlalondon more to follow!

“Most Liveable City” is almost synonymous with #Melbourne- but what is it that makes a city liveable? Tomorrow, #cityshaper expert @cgrealy2 will represent Melbourne at @nlalondon’s International Dialogue between Melbourne and London on this topic. bit.ly/2WKSCPn

London and Melbourne: what makes a ‘liveable’ city? — newlondonarchitecture.org/whats-on/event… via @NLALondon

We’re just a little bit proud of our 'humble student digs' at Redfern and super-excited for our architects @BatesSmart on being recognised with such a prestigious gong for the #cooldesign commercialrealestate.com.au/news/the-stude…